Famous Quotes & Sayings

Angela Carter

And, conversely, she went on to herself, sneering at the Grand Duke's palace, poverty is wasted on the poor, who never know how to make the best of things, are only the rich without money, are just as useless at looking after themselves, can't handle their cash just like the rich can't, always squandering it on bright, pretty, useless things in just the same way.

Henry Ford

Many people are busy trying to find better ways of doing things that should not have to be done at all. There is no progress in merely finding a better way to do a useless thing.

George Eliot

We get a deal o' useless things about us, only because we've got the money to spend.

Georges Clemenceau

There are only two perfectly useless things in this world. One is an appendix and the other is Poincaré.

Frances Farmer

I wondered a little why God was such a useless thing. It seemed a waste of time to have him. After that he became less and less, until he was... nothingness.

Francis Picabia

Only useless things are indispensable.

Mo Rocca

I know a lot about a few things - mostly useless things.

Henry Ford

Gold is the most useless thing in the world. I am not interested in money but in the things of which money is merely a symbol.

Scott Westerfeld

Emperors are vain and useless things.

Romola Garai

I'm fundamentally a busy person; I spend my time doing useful things and profoundly useless things!